Heel-seat-preparing means



June 24, 1930.

H/ZUBICK HEEL SEAT PREPARING MEANS 2 sheets sneet 1 Filed May 4, 1929 iNVENTOR file/aw ZUB/Chi,

ATTORNEY June 24, 1930. H; ZUBICK HEEL SEAT PREPARING- MEANS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 4. 1929 Eli-.15..

INVENTOR 6284 Z05 1cm,

M ATTORNEY Patented June 24, 1%30 unrrs srres rarest FF'EC HARRY zu'nrozc, or NASHUA, new neiursnrnn HEEL-SEAT-PREPABING MEANS Application filed Iviay 4,

forms of wooden heels afiixed to shoes are provided with concave seats and that the heel portion of the shoe-formed by the turned under upper edges and the out-sole tongue. extension fitting the depression left within those edges must be trimmed and pressed to suitable seating shape by more or less laborious and varyingly accurate skiving and tamping. This shaping is customarily accomplished by hand skiving. and hammer tamping.

Thererore, in its more detailed nature the invention resides in the provision of a novel die head structure provided with a suitably shaped concavity for shaping the heel portion and which carries novel cutting edges so constructed and disposed that whenthe said die head is forcibly brought into engagement with the shoe heel portion the out-sole end will be trimmed and the heel portion proper- .ly press-shaped in the single operation so that when the heel is applied a neat and sung fit is assured.

Other olnects will in part bGOlQVlOHS and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, the invention further resides in the novel details of construction, combination and arrangmentof parts all of which will be first fully described in the following detailed description, then be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a side elevation 01": a head for forming full-breasted heel seats.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the. head shown in Figure 1.

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Figures 3 and are top and inverted plan views respectively of the head shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a perspective View illustrating thehead shown in'l igure l in practical use.

Figure 6 is a pcrspectiveview of a shoe showing the'heel seat prepared by the head shown in Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a shoe with its heel aflixed but before the pasting down of the finish facing strip end.

Figure 8 is a perspective View of the completed shoe.

Figures 9, 10. 11 and 12 are side, end, top and inverted plan views respectively of a head for forming half-breasted heel seats.

Figure 13 is a perspective view illustrating the head shown in Figures 912 in use.

Figure 14 is a perspective view of a shoe ready for the aiiixing of its halt-breasted heel.

Figure 15 is a perspective view illustrating the shoe of Figure 14 completed by the Mining of its heel.

In the drawings 1 designates a shoe support standard forming a part of any suitable die stamping machinery andwhich carries shoe mounting head 2 on which a shoe to be operated upon is securely clamped as at The particular type of die press machine upon which the invention is used is. innnalerial and in factthe die can be manipulated by hand.

The mounting standard 1 is opposed bya die carrying head indicated ate and which is provided. with a dove-tail grooveway 5 to removably receive the dove-tail mounting head 6 which is secured as at 7 to the die head proper designated 8. 5

Theworking face of the die head is concaved as at 9 to engage the shoe heel portion and shape it to provide the desired convex heel seat for fitting'the concaved seated portion customarily provided in Wooden heels.

The concaved face of the die head 8 is provided with abody recess 10 and two lat erally extended recesses 11. to receive the knife plate 12 audits-lateral extensions 13 respectively. The plate 12 is removably secured in the recess 10 by securing. screws 14 and the said plate is so shaped as to provide a U-shaped cutting edge including the laterally directed cutting edge extensons 16. The die shown in Figures 1 to 5 may also be used in putting on the Cuban heels.

In the use of the invention the shoe heel upper indicated at 17 is turned over to form a securing flange 18 wnich is secured over the inner sole in the customary manner illustrated in Figure 7 of the drawing forming a recess 19 which is tilled by the tongue extension 20 ot' the outer sole 2i and breast line shoulders 22 against which the breast line 23 of the heel 2-1 may abut. It will, of course, be understood that while this cutting action is taking place the concavity of the die head properly shapes the heel portion to tit the concaved seat of the heel. In Figure 6 I have shown a shoe prepared for the affixing of the heel. In Figure 7 l have shown the heel applied to the shoe and in Figure 8 the shoe is shown in its complete form with the facing or iinisl'iing strip shown partially applied in Figures 6 and 7, pasted down over the heel breast face to complete the shoe.

In Figures 9 to 15 l have shown a modified form of the invention in which the die is constructed in the same manner as hereinbet'ore described except that the cutting ed es 26 with their lateral portions 27 are formed integrally with the die head body. In this form ot" the invention the knives may terminate or merge with the body of the die head as indicated at 28 to provi le for termination oi the cut-ting action at this point. When the die is so constructed the sole extension may be ski'ved down to a tin atits rearmost edge so that when the die is forced home it will term a tongue of a convex tapering nature such as illustrated in Figure 14 of the drawings, the same breast shoulders for abutting the heel being provided as in the case of the die head hereinbefore described in detail.

It should be understood that that portion of the die embraced within the confines of the knife or cutting edge 15 is located in a deeper plane than the pressing or die ttace proper 9 otthe die head so that the tongue part 20 will not interfere with the applic; tien. of proper die pressure to the portion 18 ot the shoe, see Figure 2.

From the foregoing description I have disclosed a simple construction of die head through the employment of which die head the shoe heel portion may be conditioned for providing a close neat lit between the wooden heel and the said heel portion, the whole accomplishment taking place during a single in cssure application of the said die head.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the novel details of construction, the manner 01 use and the advantages of my invention will be readily apparcut to those skilled in the art to which it relates.

hat I claim is:

1. A heel seat preparing means comprising a head having a seat shaping concavity, and cutting edges positioned in part within and corelatively to the concavity so as to enable trimming and shaping of an out-sole end and seat shaping of said trimmed sole end and surrounding heel portions by a single pressure engagement of said head.

2. A heel seat preparing die head having a concavity to fit and pressure-shape heel seat portions to term a heel seat, and knife edges carried by the head within the concavity shaped to suitably trim an out-sole extension for forming a central part of said heel seat. 3. A die head having a heel seat impressing concavity, and an out-sole extension cutting knife plate removably seeured in said concavity and designed to sever surplus length from and shape an out-sole end and to cooperate with said concavity in forming a heel seat by a single pressure application on the said die head.

i. A heel seat preparing die head having a con 'avity to tit and pressure-shape heel seat portions to form a heel seat, and curved knife edges terminating in straight lateral extensions within the concavity shaped to suitably trim an out-sole extension for forming a con 'tral part of said heel seat.

5. A die head having a heel seat impressing concavity, and an out-sole extension cutting knife plate removably secured in said concavity, said knife plate having a U-shaped upstanding cutting edge terminating in lat eral straight extensions and designed to sever surplus length from and shape an out-sole end and to cooperate with said concavity in forming a heel seat by a single pressure application on the die head.

6. A die head having a heel seat impressing concavity, and an out-sole extension cutting kni'te plate removably secured in said concavity, said kniie plate havii'ig a U-shapcd upstanding cutting edge terminating in Mt era-l straight extensions and designed to sever surplus length from and shape an out-sole end and to cooperate with said concavity in forming a heel seat by a single pressure application on the die head, and said head having open lateral clearance recesses to receive the lateral knrte end extensions and discharge the cuttings.

HARRY ZUBIOK. 

